Călin Georgescu’s unexpected rise changes Romanian politics Grigore Pop-Eleches - November 29, 2024 TikTok, protest votes, and record turnout in diaspora vote drive Romania’s election surprise.
In Hungary, Orban wins again — because he has rigged the system Kim Lane Scheppele - April 6, 2022 Here’s how Orban’s Fidesz party won 53 percent of the vote — but 83 percent of the districts.
European soccer championships got tangled up in a fight over LGBTI rights. Who won? Phillip Ayoub - June 30, 2021 Trying to shame a country for its stance on LGBTI rights can backfire
Viktor Orban turned Hungary away from democracy. Now his European allies are turning on him. Daniel Kelemen - March 7, 2021 Orban’s Fidesz party had to leave the European People’s Party Group to avoid a humiliating expulsion
Hungary just became a coronavirus autocracy Daniel Kelemen - April 2, 2020 Will Europe respond to Orban’s power grab?
Voters want Slovakia’s incoming government to end corruption. That will be tough. Tim Haughton, Marek Rybar, and Kevin Deegan-Krause - March 3, 2020 The 2020 election swept in new parties and shut out some old ones.
Has Hungary’s opposition learned to coordinate against Fidesz, the right-wing governing party? Jesse Richman - January 13, 2020 Here’s how the opposition managed surprising mayoral wins
New E.U. leader Ursula von der Leyen unveiled her team of commissioners. Here are the big controversies. Daniel Kelemen - September 15, 2019 The European Commission is responsible for ensuring member states comply with E.U. law.
Hungarians are protesting their increasingly autocratic government. Here’s why it matters. Jason Wittenberg - January 8, 2019 [caption id="attachment_82306" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Anti-government demonstrators carry a banner that
When left-leaning parties support austerity, their voters start to embrace the far right Maria Snegovaya - November 20, 2018 [caption id="attachment_80438" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Left- and right-wing sympathizers hold flags